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Title: Hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor

Abstract

A hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor includes a rotor separated from a stator by either a radial gap, an axial gap, or a combined axial and radial gap. Dual conically shaped stators are used in one embodiment to levitate a disc-shaped rotor made of superconducting material within a conduit for moving cryogenic fluid. As the rotor is caused to rotate when the field stator is energized, the fluid is pumped through the conduit.

Inventors:
 [1];  [1];  [2]
  1. Knoxville, TN
  2. Benton Harbor, MI
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
870495
Patent Number(s):
US 5532532
Assignee:
Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
hermetically; sealed; superconducting; magnet; motor; rotor; separated; stator; radial; gap; axial; combined; dual; conically; shaped; stators; embodiment; levitate; disc-shaped; material; conduit; moving; cryogenic; fluid; caused; rotate; field; energized; pumped; superconducting magnet; conducting material; hermetically sealed; superconducting material; cryogenic fluid; radial gap; axial gap; magnet motor; conically shaped; sealed superconducting; hermetically seal; /310/

Citation Formats

DeVault, Robert C, McConnell, Benjamin W, and Phillips, Benjamin A. Hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
DeVault, Robert C, McConnell, Benjamin W, & Phillips, Benjamin A. Hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor. United States.
DeVault, Robert C, McConnell, Benjamin W, and Phillips, Benjamin A. 1996. "Hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870495.
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abstractNote = {A hermetically sealed superconducting magnet motor includes a rotor separated from a stator by either a radial gap, an axial gap, or a combined axial and radial gap. Dual conically shaped stators are used in one embodiment to levitate a disc-shaped rotor made of superconducting material within a conduit for moving cryogenic fluid. As the rotor is caused to rotate when the field stator is energized, the fluid is pumped through the conduit.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1996}
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